I feel stuck! More often than not, we are overwhelmed by all the changes that we would like to make but we don't know how to get started. There just seems to be too many, and there probably are too many ideas of how you would like your life to be different. Being motivated to tackle several things takes a lot of determination and we have to remind ourselves that our determination "muscle" so to speak is already used up a lot during the day so we may only have so much left. One example of...

As the New Year approaches, it can be a great time of reflection of all that you have accomplished over the past year. Most of us simply bypass this step and move on to creating new goals which is great, but did you learn or celebrate anything? Reflecting on my health and fitness journey, it took me well into the year to really listen to myself on what I actually needed during the time. I was on year two of working with my own fitness coach to achieve my lofty goals when my body really...

Back in my early thirties, when I went through my first big identity transformation, I knew that my pain would lead to passion and purpose. I know that I am not alone in my previous struggles to my relationship with food. For a long time, it was a way for me to escape the real feelings I was having about life at the time and about myself. When I truly became passionate about fitness, it was not just the physical release, but more about a way to believe in myself and my abilities to work...